Old Glass Oil Bottles

Lord Derpington

Hey guys i have a number of old glass oil bottles lying around in the orignal rack, there all empty and in perfect condition minus a bit of dirt. The racks are a bit worse for rust ect

Anyone any idea how much they would be worth? Or where i could sell/take them?

Any help appericated, ill post more info later if required.

Degsy

What do you mean by "oil bottles"?
Do you know how old they are?

Lord Derpington

They are glass bottles which once contained engine oil, they have a brand on them like esso or shell embossed/printed into the bottle

Not sure of the age, i got them from the basment of an very old Manor house

city mag

did u ever get any info about d bottels hav some old bottels my self milk of magnesia etc hav they a value

Scawgeen

Are they screw cap or corked ?

city mag

there screw capped

Degsy

city mag wrote: »

did u ever get any info about d bottels hav some old bottels my self milk of magnesia etc hav they a value

Fraid not.
They're unlikely to be more than 50 years old if that and almost nobody collects glass after 1920 or therabouts.
The reason is that glass made by machine has no value to collectors because they were nearly all made in enormous quantites and they were all made identically.
The charm of old bottles is the fact that they were made by hand and imperefctions in the glass,the wording and the shapes themselves make them interesting.

Degsy

city mag wrote: »

there screw capped

Here's a corked one for a fiver..the screw tops are even less valuable
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300330137032&ssPageName=MERCOSI_VI_ROSI_PR4_PCN_BIX&refitem=220446431940&itemcount=4&refwidgetloc=closed_view_item&refwidgettype=osi_widget&_trksid=p284.m263&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%252BC%252BP%252BS%252BIA%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BIEW%252BFICS%252BUFI%26otn%3D4%26ps%3D10

city mag

i hav other bottels also some green and brown writing on d brown 1 botteled in enniscorthy also and old brown bottel with not to be taken on it

Degsy

city mag wrote: »

writing on

Is the "writing on" better than yours?

city mag

o degsy arent u d educated 1;)